AT THE start of August, a gathering of Somali leaders in Mogadishu, their country's capital, backed a new constitution, paving the way for a new government to be sworn in on the 20th.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made a direct plea on Wednesday at the start of a two-day gathering of 40 environment ministers near this capital, a precursor to the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Bali in December.
Before the start of the meeting, a gathering of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) had given the proposals a rough ride.
The birthday bash wasn't just a frivolous celebration, but the start of the Presidential Conference, a gathering of global figures in Jerusalem to discuss weighty issues such as leadership in tomorrow's world.
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Wait until everyone is served before you start eating at a gathering of six or less.
Starting with a gathering of successful middle-aged theatre folk in 1934, the play regresses scene by scene, observing the way the characters sacrifice their integrity for success, ending in 1916 when they were idealistic university students.
Click the arrow above to watch the start of the gathering as the barricades fall away.
But it is the follow-up Delphi Study that provided the impetus for this gathering, including the start of a crisis mapping-style Crowdmapping project to explore where innovation and risk is happening and how artists can help themselves, and more particularly, each other.
One occurred at the start of the United Nations gathering, when the second most powerful leader in North Korea, Kim Yong Nam, angrily turned back home after being put through a body search at Frankfurt Airport by employees of an American airline.
